About Salka Village

Salka is a large village in Udaypur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,079, made up of 1,048 males and 1,031 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Udaypur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	460.82 hectares
Population	2,079
Male Population	1,048
Female Population	1,031
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salka compares

By the 2011 count Salka is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 907 residents. Its 460.82 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Salka

Salka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Salka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salka from other places

Salka lies about 34 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 25 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salka
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	25 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Udaypur	34 km
District headquarters	Surguja	34 km

Villages closest to Salka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaypur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Salka

As per the Census of India 2011, Salka village had a population of 2,079. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 907 residents.

Salka village has 1,048 males and 1,031 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salka has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Salka is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Salka covers 460.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Salka falls under Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Salka is Bishrampur, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Salka.

Salka is about 34 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salka is in Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 25 km away. Surajpur is about 28 km away. Udaypur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.